Shalimar Bagh Assembly Election 2025 Result Live: In a significant victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rekha Gupta has won the Shalimar Bagh Assembly seat in the 2025 Delhi elections. Gupta defeated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Bandana Kumari by a margin of 29,595 votes. This win further strengthens BJP's position in the national capital as the party looks to reclaim power after 27 years.
The Shalimar Bagh seat, previously a stronghold of AAP, has now swung in favour of the BJP, marking a crucial shift in Delhi's political landscape.
Shalimar Bagh is one of the Assembly constituencies in Delhi which is a general seat. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress are the main political parties in the constituency.
Shalimar Bagh Assembly Constituency: Candidates and Key contest
AAP leader Bandana Kumari to contest against BJP leader Rekha Gupta and Congress candidate Praveen Kumar Jain in the upcoming Delhi polls from the Shalimar Bagh seat.
Shalimar Bagh Assembly Constituency 2020 and 2015 Winners
In the 2020 Assembly Elections, Bandana Kumari from AAP won the seat with a margin of 3,440 votes. Bandana was polled 57,707 votes with a vote share of 49.41 per cent and defeated Rekha Gupta from BJP who got 54,267 votes (46.46 per cent).
In the 2015 Assembly Elections, Bandana Kumari from AAP won the seat and was polled 62,656 votes with a vote share of 52.14 per cent. BJP candidate Rekha Gupta got 51,678 votes (43.01 per cent) and was the runner-up. Bandana Kumari defeated Rekha Gupta by a margin of 10,978 votes.
Shalimar Bagh Assembly Constituency Past Winners
| Year | Candidate | Party |
Total Vote |
| 2020 | Bandana Kumari | AAP | 57707 |
| 2015 | Bandana Kumari | AAP | 62656 |
| 2013 | Bandana Kumari | AAP | 47235 |
| 2008 | Ravinder Nath Bansal | BJP | 49976 |
| 2003 | Ravinder Nath Bansal | BJP | 34288 |
| 1998 | Ravinder Nath | BJP | 32623 |
| 1993 | Sahib Singh Verma | BJP | 40077 |